January 15th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, New York Rangers 0 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 24-15-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the New York Rangers, dropping them to 24-13-4.

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (11) - from Dougie Hamilton (4:00 1ST) *GWG*

BOS - David Krejci (6) - from Torey Krug and Adam McQuaid (2:49 2ND)

BOS - Loui Eriksson (10) - from Torey Krug and Kevan Miller (9:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (30 saves on 30 shots: 19-10-6) LG - Cam Talbot (29 saves on 32 shots: 4-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, GWG) - Boston

2. Torey Krug (2 assists) - Boston

1. Tuukka Rask (30 saves on 30 shots for the shutout) - Boston

Minnesota Wild 7, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Buffalo) - The Wild improved to 19-19-5 on the season thanks to a 7-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-28-3.

Goals:

MIN - Zach Parise (15) - from Mikko Koivu and Jason Pominville (5:13 1ST) *GWG*

MIN - Thomas Vanek PPG (8) - from Mikko Koivu and Jason Pominville (19:01 1ST)

MIN - Kyle Brodziak SHG (6) - from Erik Haula (6:00 2ND)

MIN - Matt Dumba (2) - from Jason Pominville and Zach Parise (9:06 2ND)

MIN - Jared Spurgeon (6) - from Jonathon Blum and Ryan Carter (18:54 2ND)

MIN - Matt Cooke (4) - from Kyle Brodziak (4:26 3RD)

MIN - Erik Haula PPG (4) - from Thomas Vanek and Christian Folin (18:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (18 saves on 18 shots: 10-5-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 37 shots: 11-16-2)

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Vanek (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota

2. Zach Parise (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Jason Pominville (3 assists) - Minnesota

Vancouver Canucks 4, Philadelphia Flyers (from Philadelphia) - The Canucks improved to 24-15-3 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 17-21-7.

Goals:

VAN - Nick Bonino (10) - from Shawn Matthias and Ryan Stanton (6:35 1ST) *GWG*

VAN - Henrik Sedin PPG (9) - from Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows (13:21 1ST)

VAN - Radim Vrbata PPG (17) - from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin (1:21 2ND)

VAN - Jannik Hansen (10) - from Alex Edler (1:43 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (30 saves on 30 shots: 21-9-1) LG - Ray Emery (9 saves on 12 shots: 7-8-1) Rob Zepp (9 saves on 10 shots in relief of Emery)

Three Stars:

3. Daniel Sedin (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Henrik Sedin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

1. Ryan Miller (30 saves on 30 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 4, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 18-17-8 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-13-3. 

Goals:

OTT - Mika Zibanejad (10) - from Mike Hoffman and Bobby Ryan (1:09 1ST)

MTL - Max Pacioretty (21) - from Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Plekanec (14:35 1ST)

OTT - Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1) - from Milan Michalek and Mark Stone (16:26 1ST) *GWG*

OTT - Erik Karlsson (8) - from Milan Michalek and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2:16 2ND)

OTT - Erik Condra EN (4) - from Eric Gryba and David Legwand (19:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Craig Anderson (25 saves on 26 shots: 12-10-6) LG - Dustin Tokarski (31 saves on 34 shots: 4-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Craig Anderson (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Ottawa

1. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 28-14-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 10-26-9.

Goals:

EDM - Benoit Pouliot SHG (9) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (13:52 1ST)
TBL - Steven Stamkos (26) - from Matt Carle and Jason Garrison (7:10 2ND)
EDM - Benoit Pouliot PPG (10) - from Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (19:02 2ND)
TBL - Onrdej Palat (10) - from Nikita Kucherov and Tyler Johnson (1:33 3RD)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (11) - from Tyler Johnson and Nikita Nesterov (11:59 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (30 saves on 32 shots: 22-7-2) LG - Ben Scrivens (16 saves on 19 shots: 8-16-7

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Johnson (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Benoit Pouliot (2 goals) - Edmonton

1. Ondrej Palat (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Colorado Avalanche 4, Florida Panthers 2 (from Florida) - The Avalanche improved to 19-17-9 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-13-9.

Goals:

COL - Tyson Barrie (4) - from John Mitchell and Nate Guenin (2:11 1ST)
FLA - Aaron Ekblad PPG (6) - from Brian Campbell and Nick Bjugstad (5:15 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (9) - from Ryan O'Reilly (13:02 2ND)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov (4) - from Brad Boyes and Jonathan Huberdeau (13:25 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden PPG (3) - from Alex Tanguay and Tyson Barrie (11:03 3RD) *GWG*
COL - Jarome Iginla EN (13) - from Alex Tanguay (19:33 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 32 shots: 11-9-5) LG - Roberto Luongo (25 saves on 28 shots: 17-9-7)

Three Stars:

3. Aaron Ekblad (1 goal) - Florida

2. Alex Tanguay (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Tyson Barrie (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT) - (from St. Louis) - The Red Wings improved to 24-11-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 27-13-4.

Goals:

DET - Joakim Andersson (1) - from Drew Miller and Luke Glendening (18:04 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (18) - from Jonathan Ericsson and Riley Sheahan (19:04 2ND)

STL - David Backes PPG (16) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Kevin Shattenkirk (3:58 3RD)

STL - Alex Steen (14) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Vladimir Tarasenko (19:12 3RD)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk (15) - from Kyle Quincey and Danny DeKeyser (4:57 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (25 saves on 27 shots: 7-3-1) LG - Brian Elliott (21 saves on 24 shots: 11-5-2)

Three Stars:

3. Tomas Tatar (1 goal) - Detroit

2. David Backes (1 goal) - St. Louis

1. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, OT winner) - Detroit

Winnipeg Jets 2, Dallas Stars 1 (from Dallas) - The Jets improved to 23-14-8 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 19-17-7.

Goals:

WPG - Michael Frolik (9) - from Mathieu Perreault (3:53 1ST)

WPG - Evander Kane SHG (9) - from Mark Stuart (7:34 3RD) *GWG*

DAL - Trevor Daley (11) - from Antoine Roussel and Jason Spezza (18:44 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (46 saves on 47 shots: 11-10-6) LG - Anders Lindback (20 saves on 22 shots: 2-7-0)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Evander Kane (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

1. Ondrej Pavelec (46 saves on 47 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 4, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Flames improved to 23-18-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-23-4.

Goals:

CGY - Mikael Backlund (5) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Dennis Wideman (1:03 2ND)

ARI - Mikkel Boedker (14) - from Keith Yandle and Kyle Chipchura (12:36 2ND)
CGY - David Jones (7) - from Sean Monahan and T.J. Brodie (4:51 3RD) *GWG*
CGY - Mark Giordano (11) - from Sean Monahan and Lance Bouma (15:58 3RD)
CGY - Sean Monahan EN (12) - from Dennis Wideman and David Jones (18:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Joni Ortio (27 saves on 28 shots: 2-0-0) LG - Mike Smith (21 saves on 24 shots: 7-18-2)

Three Stars:

3. Joni Ortio (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Calgary

2. Sean Monahan (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary

1. David Jones (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

San Jose Sharks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 24-16-5 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-20-3. 

Goals:

SJS - Tyler Kennedy (4) - from Brenden Dillon and Justin Braun (8:55 1ST)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (8) - from Matt Nieto and Justin Braun (9:06 1ST) *GWG*
TOR - Roman Polak (5) - from Mike Santorelli and Daniel Winnik (11:57 1ST)
SJS - Tommy Wingels EN (11) - from Tye McGinn and James Sheppard (19:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (24 saves on 25 shots: 18-11-4) LG - James Reimer (39 saves on 41 shots: 6-8-0) 

Three Stars:

3. James Reimer (39 saves on 41 shots) - Toronto

2. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

1. Justin Braun (2 assists) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Ondrej Pavelec - Pavelec stopped an impressive 46 of 47 shots in the Jets 2-1 win over the Stars.

2. Ryan Miller - Miller stopped all 30 shots he faced for the shutout in the Canucks 4-0 win over the Flyers.

1. Tuukka Rask - Rask stopped all 30 shots he faced for the shutout in the Bruins 3-0 win over the Rangers.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Wild ended a 6-game losing streak with a 7-0 stomping of the Buffalo Sabres, who have lost 9 games in a row themselves. Newcomer Devan Dubnyk stopped all 18 shots he faced in his Wild debut.

-Tuukka Rask picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-Ryan Miller picked up his 4th shutout of the season.

-The Leafs were outscored 9-1 during their 3-game California Road Trip, with losses to Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak

Nashville Predators - 4 game winning streak

New York Islanders - 3 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 9 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak
Arizona Coyotes - 3 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Friday January 16th: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Friday night:

1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Vancouver Canucks vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

3. New York Rangers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Washington Capitals vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

5. Winnipeg Jets vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

6. New Jersey Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff